New era for Sioux Fall Storm under Andre Fields

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – For the first time in 22 years the Sioux Falls Storm will play a home opener with someone other than Kurtiss Riggs as their head coach.

In a way things will come full circle on Sunday since the Storm’s new head leader, Andre Fields, was playing for the then-first year head coach Riggs back in 2003.

The former South Dakota Coyote went on to have a stellar career for the Storm from 2003-2009, winning four championships and getting his jersey retired before moving into coaching and becoming the team’s defensive coordinator.

Now he’s assumed the reigns after Riggs stepped away following the end of last season. Though Andre kept the rest of the coaching staff from last season intact the roster has been almost completely turned over. That in part has led to a tough start to Fields’ first season at the helm so far with Sioux Falls losing a pair of one score games on the road.

Despite the 0-2 start Andre is still confident that he’s got a team that will contend for a playoff bid and championship as the season goes along.

It’s also clear his players aren’t pressing since they believe in a coach who knows what they’re going through having been in their shoes as a player himself.

The Storm host the Tulsa Oilers (1-1) in their first home game of 2024 on Sunday at 3:00 PM inside the Denny Sanford Premier.

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